Wujiaqu climate

Name: Wujiaqu
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Wujiaqu is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -20 °C. April is the wettest month (23 mm) and January the driest (3.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Wujiaqu averages 179 mm of rain, 129 days above 25 °C and 154 days below freezing.

China · population 154,400 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 33 °C
Coldest month January -20 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month April 23 mm
Least cloud October 35 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January -37 °C

What to expectWujiaqu through the year

Wujiaqu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -10 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 42 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 129 days a year reach 25 °C, 79 of them reach 30 °C, 154 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 3 mm in January to 23 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-10.1 °C	3 mm	67 %
February	-3.5 °C	6 mm	63 %
March	9.0 °C	10 mm	49 %
April	20.1 °C	23 mm	49 %
May	26.1 °C	22 mm	53 %
June	31.3 °C	19 mm	57 %
July	33.0 °C	22 mm	50 %
August	31.4 °C	22 mm	43 %
September	25.4 °C	15 mm	38 %
October	16.1 °C	16 mm	35 %
November	4.4 °C	12 mm	46 %
December	-6.8 °C	7 mm	63 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-10.1 °C	-19.8 °C	-15.0 °C	5.6 °C	-36.7 °C	0	0	31
February	-3.5 °C	-14.4 °C	-8.9 °C	12.4 °C	-30.2 °C	0	0	28
March	9.0 °C	-4.4 °C	2.5 °C	27.1 °C	-24.7 °C	0	0	26
April	20.1 °C	4.4 °C	13.2 °C	36.1 °C	-6.8 °C	6	1	6
May	26.1 °C	11.6 °C	19.8 °C	38.7 °C	-2.1 °C	19	8	0
June	31.3 °C	18.1 °C	25.4 °C	40.7 °C	6.5 °C	27	19	0
July	33.0 °C	20.0 °C	27.3 °C	44.5 °C	10.2 °C	30	24	0
August	31.4 °C	17.7 °C	25.3 °C	42.6 °C	6.6 °C	28	20	0
September	25.4 °C	11.6 °C	19.0 °C	39.4 °C	0.4 °C	17	7	0
October	16.1 °C	3.7 °C	9.9 °C	31.4 °C	-6.0 °C	2	0	6
November	4.4 °C	-4.8 °C	-0.4 °C	20.2 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	26
December	-6.8 °C	-15.2 °C	-11.1 °C	6.3 °C	-36.0 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	9.2 h/day	67 %	77 %	12 km/h
February	6 mm	2	10 h/day	63 %	76 %	13 km/h
March	10 mm	3	12 h/day	49 %	61 %	15 km/h
April	23 mm	5	13 h/day	49 %	42 %	19 km/h
May	22 mm	5	15 h/day	53 %	36 %	21 km/h
June	19 mm	4	15 h/day	57 %	35 %	21 km/h
July	22 mm	4	15 h/day	50 %	37 %	20 km/h
August	22 mm	4	14 h/day	43 %	39 %	19 km/h
September	15 mm	3	13 h/day	38 %	41 %	18 km/h
October	16 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	54 %	15 km/h
November	12 mm	3	9.6 h/day	46 %	67 %	13 km/h
December	7 mm	2	8.9 h/day	63 %	74 %	12 km/h

How Wujiaqu compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Wujiaqu	33 °C	-20 °C	179 mm	129
Changji · China	32 °C	-16 °C	213 mm	121
Ürümqi · China	29 °C	-15 °C	367 mm	89
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Turpan · China	38 °C	-8.6 °C	53 mm	171
Karamay · China	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128
Korla · China	33 °C	-10 °C	76 mm	143

Where Wujiaqu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in January	26th of 50	-10 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	31st of 50	-6.8 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	37th of 50	-3.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	49th of 50	4.4 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Wujiaqu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Wujiaqu?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Wujiaqu get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 79 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -20 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 154 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Wujiaqu?

April, averaging 23 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 179 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Wujiaqu rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 44.163°, 87.522° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.